[lxgr]

It's a clever scheme, really:

Ship a device that is technically more powerful than many laptops, but artificially limit the OS's capabilities in pretty drastic ways, then lift the limitations bit by bit.

Is there a name for the inverse of boiling the frog?

[dvgz0]

Yes, it's called "Defrosting the Penguin." Slowly thawing out that Linux potential!